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(11) EP 0 627 731 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
22.11.1995 Bulletin 1995/47

(43) Date of publication A2:
07.12.1994 Bulletin 1994/49

(21) Application number: 94112051.1

(22) Date of filing: 17.08.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: G11B 5/588, G11B 15/467
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB IT NL

(30) Priority: 26.08.1988 JP 210612/88
26.08.1988 JP 210613/88

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
89115201.9 / 0355721

(71) Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Hasegawa, Masahide
    Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Tiedtke, Harro, Dipl.-Ing. 
Patentanwaltsbüro Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner Bavariaring 4
80336 München
80336 München (DE)


(56) References cited: : 
   
     
    Remarks:
    This application was filed on 02 - 08 - 1994 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 60.
     


    (54) Reproducing apparatus with tracking control means


    (57) A reproducing apparatus is arranged to extract a specific signal respectively from signals reproduced by a plurality of heads provided for reproducing signals recorded in parallel in a plurality of channels on a recording medium, to detect a phase difference between the extracted specific signals, and to control the position of the plurality of heads relative to the recording medium in accordance with the phase difference detected.






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